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- Title
Anomalies in the evolution of global and large-scale solar magnetic fields as the precursors of several upcoming low solar cycles.
- Authors
Obridko, V. N.; Shelting, B. D.
- Abstract
Anomalies in the solar magnetic fields of various scales are studied. The polar magnetic field strength is shown to have decreased steadily during the last three solar cycles. This is because the increase in the dipole magnetic moment observed from 1915 to 1976 has changed into a decrease in the last three cycles. At the same time, the medium scale magnetic fields (like those of isolated coronal holes) have been unusually strong in the last cycle. As a result, the tilt of the heliospheric current sheet is still about 30°. The large effective contribution from the medium scale fields to the total energy of the large-scale fields is also confirmed by our calculations of the effective multipolarity index. The aa-index at the cycle minima is correlated with the height of the succeeding maxima. The set of data considered may be indicative of the possible approach of a sequence of low solar cycles.
- Subjects
SOLAR magnetic fields; SOLAR cycle; MAGNETIC dipoles; DIPOLE moments; STELLAR magnetic fields
- Publication
Astronomy Letters, 2009, Vol 35, Issue 4, p247
- ISSN
1063-7737
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1063773709040045